The agency generally manages to respond to FOIA requests
within three to four weeks for records that can be found at the agency.Response times over 20 working days are generally the result of the
need to track and retrieve documents from off-site storage at the Federal
Records Center, or need to consult among agency components.

E.Reason why some requests are not granted:

Requests for records may not be granted if the documents
have been transferred to the ownership of the National Archives and Records
Administration, if the requested records contain predecisional information
that if released would cause harm to USCCR decision-making processes; for
portions of records that contain personal and/or proprietary information; for
records containing information compiled for law enforcement purposes; or if
the requester asked for information specifically prohibited from disclosure by
other statutes.

III.
DEFINITION
OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS USED IN THE REPORT:

A. Agency-specific
terms and acronyms:

There are no agency-specific terms or acronyms used in
this report.

B.
Basic
terms:

The basic terms used in this report are the same in
meaning as explained in Department of Justice guidance.

IV.
EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES:

A.
Exemption
3 statutes relied on by USCCR during current fiscal year:

During Fiscal Year 2001 the USCCR did not use any
exemption 3 statute.

V.
INITIAL
FOIA/PA ACCESS REQUESTS:

A.
Numbers
of initial requests:

1.
Number
of requests pending as of end of preceding fiscal year: 0

2.
Number
of requests received during current fiscal year: 67

3.
Number
of requests processed during current fiscal year: 63

4.
Number
of requests pending as of end of current fiscal year: 4

B.
Disposition
of initial requests:

1.
Number
of total grants (records released in full): 12

2.
Number
of partial grants (records released in part): 0

3.
Number
of denials (total withholding of records): 0

4.
Number
of times each FOIA exemption was used: 0

5.
Other
reasons for nondisclosure (total):

a.
No
records: 50

b.
Referrals:
1

c.
Request
withdrawn: 0

d.
Fee-related
reason: 0

e.
Records
not reasonably described: 0

f.
Duplicate request: 0

VI.
APPEALS OF INITIAL DENIALS OF
FOIA/PA REQUESTS

A.
Numbers
of appeals:

1.
Number
of appeals received during fiscal year: 0

2.
Number
of appeals processed during fiscal year: 0

B.
Disposition
of appeals:

1.
Number
completely upheld: 0

2.
Number
partially reversed: 0

3.
Number
completely reversed: 0

4.
Number
of times each FOIA exemption used: N/A

VII.
COMPLIANCE WITH TIME
LIMITS/STATUS OF PENDING REQUESTS

A.
Median
processing time for requests processed during the year:

NOTE:USCCR
uses a single first-in, first-out method of processing requests.The agency did not received requests for expedited access during fiscal
year 2001.

1.
Number
of requests processed: 63

2.
Median
number of days to process: 15

B.
Status
of pending requests:

1.
Number
of requests pending as of end of current fiscal year:0

2.
Median
number of days that such requests were pending as of that date: 0